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"You know, we don't go vacationing together. I think that I've got a pretty clear-eyed sense of both her strengths and her weaknesses." Thus begins President Obama's assessment of his former secretary of state and potential successor, given in an interview with CBS News. Clinton "knows as much about domestic and foreign policy as anybody, is tough as nails, is motivated by what's best for America and ordinary people, understands that in this democracy ... things don't always happen as fast as we'd like. And it requires compromise and grinding it out." He continues: "She's not always flashy. And there are better speech makers. But she knows her stuff. And more than anything, that is what is ultimately required to do a good job in this office." Other highlights from the interview, via the AP:

On Donald Trump's suggestion that he wouldn't honor all NATO alliances: It's "an indication of the lack of preparedness that he has been displaying when it comes to foreign policy. There is a big difference between challenging our European allies to keep up their defense spending ... and saying to them, 'You know what? We might not abide by the central tenet of the most important alliance in the history of the world.'"

On what it takes to be an effective president: The ability to build a team of talented, hardworking people and "make sure they are all moving in the same direction." The "personal discipline in terms of doing your homework, and knowing your subject matter, and being able to stay focused." And to make all this work "you have to really care about the American people... not in the abstract." Without that grounding, "you will be buffeted and blown back and forth by polls and interest groups and voices whispering in your head. And you will lose your center of gravity. You will lose your moral compass."

On whether most Americans feel safe: It's been "a really tough month," but Americans "are significantly more safe now than they were before all the work that we've done since 9/11."

On race relations: Additional scrutiny or suspicion of African-American males is "just a common experience that many of us share. But I will tell you that it's a lot better now than it was. And that doesn't mean that we can be complacent about it."

One of the most, if not the most corrupt politician in the entire country in which 67% of Americans find her untrustworthy, more than Donald Trump. She's tanking in the polls against Trump almost daily as scandals leak out almost on a daily basis. She still has the State Dept. probe to answer to, the perjury charges before the House, the public corruption charges still being investigated by the FBI and the racketeering and money laundering charges and more election fraud revelations to come. Even after Debbie Wassermann-Schultz was forced to resign in disgrace, she hired her as "honorary campaign manager", no doubt as reward for all the illegal and unethical things DWS did for her and will do in the future. This corrupt woman has no business even having the gall to run for POTUS, never mind being one.

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Jul 24, 2016 10:04 PM CDT

Ignorant people don't want to admit that violence begets violence. North Atlantic Pact is a threat to world peace.

bobbywillis

Jul 24, 2016 5:06 PM CDT

Democrats crooks. Lies for other rich democrats. Hypocrites all of them.